Westbrook, Kenneth (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-March-08

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Rouleau, Saskatchewan

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

162 (RCM) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
One Time, One Purpose

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Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Service Numbers

R/70530
PoW: 225507

Aircraft ditched in the sea off the coast of Rhodes, Greece during an operational flight. Means of loss not found.

POWs: Sergeant Kenneth Westbrook RCAF R/70530 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug, POW# 225507. Lt Phillip Thomas Windley Baker RN POW camp not listed. Sergeant John Alexander Drever RAF POW camp not listed, POW# 59. Sergeant A Levy RAF POW Stalag 344, Lamsdorf POW# 80258. Sergeant Arthur Frederick Murrell RAF POW Wolfsberg, POW# 9436. Sergeant Robert Cyril Rawlins RAF POW camp not listed, POW# 75. Sergeant Robert George Tregenza RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg, POW# 225505.

Unit Desciption

162 (RCM) Sqn One Time, One Purpose (162 Radio Counter Measures (RAF))

Reformation in World War II

The squadron reformed on 1 January 1942 at RAF Kabrit, Egypt and was equipped with Wellingtons and Blenheim aircraft on radio jamming operations against the Afrika Korps. It was disbanded on 25 September 1944 and reformed at RAF Bourn on 18 December 1944 as a Mosquito squadron on operations over Germany as part of the Light Night Striking Force. It was finally disbanded on 14 July 1946, having transferred to RAF Transport Command operating a mail service.

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